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Motherhood, Teen
January 13, 2020
3 Minute Read

My Mama Heart Breaks a Little Every Time You Go

They used to line up to watch me leave. Even if I was just running to the store for 10 minutes . . . five little faces would be pressed up against…

Motherhood
January 10, 2020
4 Minute Read

I Can’t Change My Mom, But I Can Change the Way I Let Her Affect Me

I have often heard stories of how when women become mothers, it strengthens the bond with their own moms. They understand firsthand the sacrifice,…

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
December 7, 2019
4 Minute Read

“Your Son Growing Up Will Feel Like the Slowest Breakup You’ve Ever Known” Aches in Every Mother’s Heart

“Why do they look so tall all of a sudden?” I asked my friend as we trailed her twin 8-year-old boys down a hallway recently. …

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 24, 2019
3 Minute Read

Seeing My Grown Daughter Happy Fills My Heart With Joy

Joy, frustration, pride, worry, heartbreak—they all play a role in the drama that is motherhood. Unbelievably, I’ve been acting out my role of…

Living, Motherhood
November 16, 2019
4 Minute Read

If Your Kids and Your Parents Depend On You, You Might Be in the Sandwich Generation

I see you, I do. Trying to balance everything on those shoulders. You carry it so well. No one would ever guess your daily struggles. It’s because…

Faith, Kids
November 8, 2019
3 Minute Read

God Can Mold the Anxious Child Into a Confident Adult

As I write this, my firstborn is 5,633 miles away in Taormina, Sicily. This is the farthest she has ever been away from home. Granted, she will turn…

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 4, 2019
4 Minute Read

We Couldn’t Be More Different, But My Mom and I Love Each Other Fiercely

She’s an introvert. I’m an extrovert. She has an angelic singing voice. Dogs run when I sing. She loves eggplant. I recoil at the mere…

Living
October 22, 2019
3 Minute Read

Cherish Your Siblings if You’re Lucky Enough To Have Them

Being a sibling is a strange thing. You are born into a family you don’t choose with brothers or sisters you don’t choose. And then you have to…

Grief, Grown Children
October 7, 2019
6 Minute Read

I Worry About My Mom’s Death Every Day

I started writing my mom’s eulogy the other day. Not on paper, but in my head. Nothing has happened. Nothing has changed. In fact, things are…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen
September 23, 2019
5 Minute Read

All of a Sudden I’m Mothering Men

I was up before the sun again. It is creeping up slower now, as the month is drawing to another sad end. Summer is nearly over, and I can’t help…

grown children

My Mama Heart Breaks a Little Every Time You Go

I Can’t Change My Mom, But I Can Change the Way I Let Her Affect Me

“Your Son Growing Up Will Feel Like the Slowest Breakup You’ve Ever Known” Aches in Every Mother’s Heart

Seeing My Grown Daughter Happy Fills My Heart With Joy

If Your Kids and Your Parents Depend On You, You Might Be in the Sandwich Generation

God Can Mold the Anxious Child Into a Confident Adult

We Couldn’t Be More Different, But My Mom and I Love Each Other Fiercely

Cherish Your Siblings if You’re Lucky Enough To Have Them

I Worry About My Mom’s Death Every Day

All of a Sudden I’m Mothering Men

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